This paper seeks to realize the following objectives: 1. To provide conceptual clarification of the following key terms: “access to justice”, “human rights” and “ECOWAS Community Law”; 2. To contend that without effective access to justice there is no effective legal protection of human rights. That is why the legislatures, governments and courts of every country have a positive duty to translate the ideal of effective access to justice into practical reality. Effective access to justice is not just an optional luxury of the rich and economically advanced societies. Everyone, everywhere, should enjoy the equal protection of the law if there is to be justice for all; 3. To highlight efforts made under the ECOWAS Community law to enhance access to justice as a fundamental human right to community citizens in West Africa; 4. To conclude with some recommendations on how to improve on effective access to the ECOWAS Community Court for justice and human rights protection.